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Title:

A companion to Ancrene wisse / edited by Yoko Wada.

Publisher:

D.S. Brewer,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

vi, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ancren riwle.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Monastic and religious life of women--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
Christianity and literature--England--History--To 1500.
Women and literature--England--History--To 1500.
Recluses in literature.
Solitude in literature
Ancren Riwle (anoniem)

Other Authors:

Wada, Yoko.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-248) and index.

Contents:

What is Ancrene wisse? / Yoko Wada -- The genre of Ancrene wisse / Bella Millett -- The communal authorship of Ancrene wisse / Anne Savage -- The AB language : the recluse, the gossip and the language historian / Richard Dance -- The Anglo-French lexis of Ancrene wisse : a re-evaluation / D.A. Trotter -- The Middle English manuscripts and early readers of Ancrene wisse / A.S.G. Edwards -- Savoring 'science' : the medieval anchoress reads the Ancrene wisse / Elizabeth Robertson -- The legacy of Ancrene wisse : translations, adaptations, influences and audience, with special attention to women readers / Catherine Innes-Parker -- The recluse and its readers : some observations on a lollard interpolated version of Ancrene wisse / Christina von Nolcken -- Ancrene wisse, religious reform and the late Middle Ages / Nicholas Watson -- Ancrene wisse and the identities of Mary Salome / Roger Dahood.

ISBN:

9780859917629 (Hardback : alk. paper)
0859917622 (Hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53076548

LCCN:

2002155074

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)